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Higher-order effects and ultra-short solitons in left-handed metamaterials

Pattern Formation and Solitons 2009-11-13 v1 Materials Science

Abstract

Starting from Maxwell's equations, we use the reductive perturbation method to derive a second-order and a third-order nonlinear Schroedinger equation, describing ultra-short solitons in nonlinear left-handed metamaterials. We find necessary conditions and derive exact bright and dark soliton solutions of these equations for the electric and magnetic field envelopes.

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@article{arxiv.0902.3872,
  title  = {Higher-order effects and ultra-short solitons in left-handed metamaterials},
  author = {N. L. Tsitsas and N. Rompotis and I. Kourakis and P. G. Kevrekidis and D. J. Frantzeskakis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.3872},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

4 pages, 2 figures, Phys. Rev. E in press